Educator, journalist Sutton assumes public relations role at university

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Will Sutton, a Louisiana native who studied communications and journalism in high school and college and then went on to a successful career as a newspaper reporter and editor, has joined Grambling State University as acting director of public relations and communications, effective immediately.

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